State of Texas: Tax relief on the ballot as homeowners see skyrocketing appraisals

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% :Inside a large room at the Lakeway Police Department, law enforcement agencies from around the region sat and took notes as Sgt.
52% : AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Texas is home to some of the hottest real estate markets in the country, with demand for homes driving prices, and taxes, higher.
48% : He told KXAN the findings in the Texas report, although good ones, are too general and "nothing new," relying heavily on documents already available online and saying little in the way of enforcement.
47% : In the 2019 session, lawmakers passed school funding legislation that could conceivably push the tax rate below the level it was when a homeowner had their taxes frozen.
46% :Other law enforcement agencies in attendance -- including Highway Patrol, Texas Game Warden and the Caldwell County Constable's Office -- didn't comment about sending their officers to this training or whether they'd incorporate it into officer requirements.
44% : His goal is to do two a month, educating law enforcement across the state -- from Amarillo to the border -- about the problem, case law and how to catch criminals who try to hide in plain sight.
38% : Escribano called the paper tag problem the "number one safety issue" for law enforcement in the country because it allows criminals to hide in plain sight.
34% : In his over 30-year career in law enforcement, he's never seen anything as big as Texas' paper tag fraud problem, which was exposed in a series of KXAN investigations.

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